Sap-spout



(No Model.)

M. J. STARK.

SAP SPOUT. No. 269,545. Patented Dec. 26, 1882.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrce MlOHAEL J. STARK, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE J. RECORD, OF OONNEAUT, OHIO.

ISAP-SPOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,545, dated December 26, 1882, Application filed October 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. STARK, of Buifalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Sap-spouts; and Idohereby declare that the following description of -my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, 7 clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains to make and use the same.

- My present invention has general reference to sap-spouts; and it consists essentially in the novel and peculiar combination of parts 1; and details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate my said invention more fully,

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved Y sap-spout. Fig.2 is a plan of the same. Fig.

3 is a sectional view in line a: m of Fig. 2, looking toward the small end of the spout. Fig. & is a perspective view of the locking-shield detached, drawn on a magnified scale. Fig. 5 is a plan of the band and stay blank. Figs. 6 and 7 are views of a modified form of my said invention.

Like parts are designated by corresponding 3 letters of reference in all the figures.

The object of my present invention is the production of a simple, cheap, and durable sapspout, capable of being produced entirely from sheet metal with but little hand-labor. T0 atrain this end I construct my sap-spout from a tapering tube, A, of one or more thicknesses of metal, butted at their joints or lapped, as preferred. Upon this tapering tube I slide a combined band and stay, B 0, said band B being composed of a perfectly plain strip of v 5o while the portions d (1, covering part of the -from rubbing upon the tube A, thus'adding greatly to the durability of the said sap-spout.

In the drawings I have shown the tube A as composed of two similar parts, one within the other, with the joints at difi'erent places. Although this construction is the most satisfactory one for practical purposes, I do not wish toconfine myself to such construction. In fact, a single tube with the joint either butting or lapped, when made of proper material, will be found practically sufficient for'all purposes, especially so in view of the fact thatthe re-enforcing and locking shield adds strength to the tube. Nor need I confine myself strictly to the construction of the band B as shown in Fig. 5, since I can form the said band and the said shield in one piece of metal, as illustrated in Fig. 7. In this latter figure the parts I) b b correspond with the parts I) b of Fig. 5, while the part D, with its projections d and d and slot-hole d, corresponds with the shield shown in Fig. 4. This construction of the combined band, stay, and shield in one piece has decided advantages, first of which is that in manufacturing sap-spouts I have one piece less to take care of, and that a very small one, too, awkward to handle, and otherwise not very desirable; butithas the disadvantage that the band is not so readily formed and the stay portion passed through the slot-hole (I, so that, taking all things into consideration, one of the bands will ,be about as readily manufactured as the other.

I am well aware that sap-spouts have been made 'in which the tube is constructed of two similar pieces placed one into the other, and in which a combined band and stay has been used that was constructed of a single piece of metal. In acknowledging the state of theart I have special reference to several patents of Geo. J. Record, particularly the one of September 26, 1882, No. 265,146, in which a combined band and stay is shown constructed of a single piece of metal. This construction of the band, as shown, cannot, however, be practicallycarriedout. Thepuuchingofthenotches,

the bending of the part beyond the notches, so as to pass it through the opening shown, then the straightening out again of said part, and the folding over are all operations which cannot be practically carried into efl'ect withoutmaking the article cost much more than it can bringin the open market, While thenotches and perforations in the band Weaken the same to such an extent as to render the same perfectly useless.

It will thus be readily seen that in the construction of my sap-spout I have overcome all the objections to the spout mentioned and produced an article much superior and far more desirable than that.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure to me by Letters Patent of the United States-- 1. In sap-spouts, a combined band, stay, and re-enforcing shield, substantially as and for the object stated.

2. In sap-spouts, a band, substantially as described, in combination with alocking and reenf'orcing shield, as and for the purpose indi cated.

3. The hereinbefore mentioned combined band,stay, and re-enforcinglocking-shield, consisting of a single piece of metal, having the main curved portion B Z), converging portion 1) b, and the shield D, with slotted aperture d, the whole being constructed and adapted for application to a tube, A, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as myinvention I have hereto set my hand in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

BJIIOHAEL J. STARK.

Attesll:

JOHN G. DUERR, AUGUST SIEGRIST. 

